Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an internal memory to store information on a process-end prohibition item being an application program or service whose process end is prohibited in an operation system of the apparatus or a system employing the information processing apparatus. The circuitry detects a remaining capacity of a memory in response to a use request for the memory; detects an occupying application program and an occupying service occupying the memory; refers to the information on the process-end prohibition item in response to a result that the remaining capacity of the memory becomes equal to a threshold or smaller by use of the memory in accordance with the use request; selects, from the occupying application program and the occupying service, an item that is not the process-end prohibition item; and ends a process of the selected unprohibited item to reserve a capacity requested by the use request.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
 an internal memory configured to store information on at least one process-end prohibition item being one of an application program and a service whose process end is prohibited in at least one of an operation system of the information processing apparatus and a system employing the information processing apparatus; and   circuitry configured to:
 detect a remaining capacity of a memory in response to a use request for the memory; 
 detect an occupying application program and an occupying service occupying the memory; 
 refer to the information on the at least one process-end prohibition item stored in the internal memory, in response to a detection result that the remaining capacity of the memory becomes equal to or smaller than a threshold by use of the memory in accordance with the use request; 
 select, from the occupying application program and the occupying service occupying the memory, an unprohibited item that is not contained in the information on the at least one process-end prohibition item; and 
 end a process of the selected unprohibited item to reserve, on the memory, a capacity requested by the use request. 
   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the circuitry is configured to add, to the information on the at least one process-end prohibition item, information on any application program and any service.   
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein a priority is given to each of the at least one process-end prohibition item, and   wherein the circuitry is configured to end the the occupying application program and the occupying service in descending order of the priority, to reserve, on the memory, the capacity requested by the use request.   
     
     
         4 . An information processing method comprising:
 detecting a remaining capacity of a memory in response to a use request for the memory;   detecting an occupying application program and an occupying service occupying the memory;   referring to information on at least one process-end prohibition item in response to a detection result that the remaining capacity of the memory becomes equal to or smaller than a threshold by use of the memory in accordance with the use request, the at least one process-end prohibition item being one of an application program and a service whose process end is prohibited in at least one of an operation system of an information processing apparatus and a system employing the information processing apparatus;   selecting, from the occupying application program and the occupying service occupying the memory, an unprohibited item that is not contained in the information on the at least one process-end prohibition item; and   ending a process of the selected unprohibited item to reserve, on the memory, a capacity requested by the use request.   
     
     
         5 . A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of program codes which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform a method, the method comprising:
 detecting a remaining capacity of a memory in response to a use request for the memory;   detecting an occupying application program and an occupying service occupying the memory;   referring to information on at least one process-end prohibition item in response to a detection result that the remaining capacity of the memory becomes equal to or smaller than a threshold by use of the memory in accordance with the use request, the at least one process-end prohibition item being one of an application program and a service whose process end is prohibited in at least one of an operation system of an information processing apparatus and a system employing the information processing apparatus;   selecting, from the occupying application program and the occupying service occupying the memory, an unprohibited item that is not contained in the information on the at least one process-end prohibition item; and   ending a process of the selected unprohibited item to reserve, on the memory, a capacity requested by the use request.